Celine Dion’s husband, Rene Angelil lost his long battle with cancer this week.
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Rene Angelil, the husband and former manager of Celine Dion, died of throat cancer on Thursday at his Las Vegas home, Dion announced on her Facebook page. Her official site added that “more details will be provided at a later time”. He was her manager for decades, and the two married in 1994 in an elaborate ceremony at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal.
René also has a son and daughter from two previous marriages. “The doctor just called me and I have cancer again'”. Angelil put a mortgage on his house to help produce her first record, and encouraged her to take English lessons to reach global fame.
After the show, Dion seemed moved by her return, writing on Twitter.com, “Thank you for all your love, Tonight was not a new day, tonight was not really a new show”.
Due to this unfortunate event in Dion’s life, some of her upcoming shows were automatically cancelled. The pair met in 1981 when the 12-year-old Dion, the youngest of 14 children, sent Angelil a demo tape of her belting out a song she had written with her mother and brother.
Celine even took a break from her residency to take care of her husband back in August 2014.
“I’d never heard anything like it. For me, it was the most handsome voice in the world”, he would recall in interviews.
It’s the end of the throat cancer battle for Rene Angelil. He can’t eat so I feed him.
In a soft voice, she recalled: “I’ll say, ‘You’re scared?”
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(NEWS10) – Singer Celine Dion’s husband has died.
